--- title: "Liles Clifton Burke | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/liles-c-burke" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Liles Clifton Burke U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama - State: Alabama - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Alabama, 2018-present - Captain and trial counsel, JAG Corps, Alabama Army National Guard, 2013-present - Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, 2011-present - Captain and trial counsel, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Alabama Army National Guard (2013–2023), achieving the rank - U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the Senate 55–40 - Bob Riley; elected full term in 2008) Associate Judge, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (2011–2018, appointed by Gov - Judge, Alabama District Court, Marshall County, 2007-2011 - Judge, Arab [Alabama] Municipal Court, 2001-2007 - Municipal Prosecutor & City Attorney, City of Arab (1994–2001) - Legal Practice: Began in 1994 with his father, Claud Burke, at Burke & Beuoy ### Education - The University of Alabama — J.D. (1994) - The University of Alabama — B.A. (1991) - University of Alabama School of Law ### Additional information - Appointed: October 17, 2018, succeeding Charles Lynwood Smith Jr. - Confirmation: Senate vote 55–40 on October 11, 2018 - Practitioner, 2010-2010 - Municipal Judge, City of Arab (2001–2006) - Private practice, Arab, AL, 1994-2006 - Municipal prosecutor and municipal attorney, Arab, AL, 1994-2001 - Date of birth: 1969-01-01 - handling civil, criminal, juvenile, and probate cases. - Robert Bentley) - Co‐implemented one of Alabama’s first domestic violence courts - Launched the county’s first family drug court - Duty station: U.S. Courthouse, 660 Gallatin Street SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 - President of the Alabama Appellate Judges Association - Active in community organizations, including Marshall County United Way and Arab Chamber of Commerce - Former officer in the Alabama District Judges Association and Alabama Juvenile Judges Association - Birth place: Cullman, AL ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Should either side desire to present exhibits via projection onto a screen or monitor or by enlargement, counsel shall advise opposing counsel which documents it plans to present at least seven (7) days before trial. (g) Demonstratives. At least fourteen (14) days before trial, the parties shall exchange the demonstratives each side plans to display… [LCB%20Pretrial%20Order%202022-12-09.docx](https://www.alnd.uscourts.gov/sites/alnd/files/LCB%20Pretrial%20Order%202022-12-09.docx) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5373561) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5373561) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5373561) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8557/liles-clifton-burke/) - [LCB%20Pretrial%20Order%202022-12-09.docx](https://www.alnd.uscourts.gov/sites/alnd/files/LCB%20Pretrial%20Order%202022-12-09.docx) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8557/liles-clifton-burke/) - [Wikidata: Liles C. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.